Samsung's Galaxy Gear is a smartwatch like no other — On sale for $299 in the United States from early October — The Galaxy Gear, Samsung's latest foray into the smartwatch category, is now official and it's quite unlike anything you've seen before. Yes, it's a smartphone accessory …

Xbox One to launch in major markets on 22 November — Microsoft positions the arrival of its next-gen console between the US and European launch dates for Sony's PS4 — This is it: the battle for the next generation console market is on. Microsoft has finally revealed the launch date …

Xbox One now in full production with improved CPU performance — So far, so good for the Xbox One. — Xbox chief marketing officer Yusef Mehdi just spoke at the Citi Global Technology Conference and said Microsoft is now in full production for the Xbox One and producing in mass with plans still on for a November 2013 launch.

Google Glass App Store Coming In 2014 — Google Glass users and developers will have to wait until next year for Google to launch a dedicated app store for the device. — A Google spokesperson confirmed that plan for us today, after it was reported over the weekend in a lengthy first-person Glass user essay in the New York Times.

Surface Pro 2 Details Emerge — Surface Pro 2 will include an improved kickstand and internal changes — A Neowin post this morning details a few of the features in the next generation Surface Pro, which Microsoft will indeed call Surface Pro 2. Here, I'd like to expand just a bit on the information Neowin provided.

Jonathon Fletcher: forgotten father of the search engine — Until researchers tracked him down a few years ago, Jonathon Fletcher was not aware he had built the first modern search engine — As Google celebrates its 15th birthday, the web giant has become a byword for information retrieval.

It Turns Out Qualcomm Is Making a Smartwatch, Too — As expected, Samsung is showing off its Galaxy Gear smartwatch at an event in Berlin. In a surprising twist, though, it isn't the only company announcing a wrist computer today. — Qualcomm is showing off a wearable known as Toq.

Why Nokia didn't sell its patents to Microsoft — (Reuters) - Nokia may have sold its handset business to Microsoft Corp, but by hanging on to its valuable patent portfolio, the Finnish company could also get a big future payoff at the expense of Android phone makers.